Verse 10

A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 141:5 : 5 Let the righteous strike me; it shall be a kindness; and let him rebuke me; it shall be as excellent oil, which shall not break my head, for my prayer shall still be in their calamities.
  • Prov 9:8-9 : 8 Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be even wiser: teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
  • Prov 13:1 : 1 A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
  • Prov 15:5 : 5 A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.
  • Prov 19:25 : 25 Strike a scorner, and the simple will beware; and reprove one who has understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
  • Prov 27:22 : 22 Though you pound a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
  • Prov 29:19 : 19 A servant will not be corrected by words; for though he understands, he will not respond.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.